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911. Papyrus 272

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 272
Title:
Homer, Iliad I ( P.Lond.Lit. 2, TM 60676, LDAB 1801, MP3 580)
Scope & Content:
A fragment containing the middle portion of 22 lines of Homer’s Iliad I 129-150.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

A papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres and preserving 1 column of 22 lines, of which only the middle section survives. The upper margin survives to 12 mm, but the left, right and bottom sides are broken. The surface is abraded at places. Mounted on cardboard and housed in one glass case.

912. Papyrus 1195

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1195
Title:
Tax-Collectors’ Return (P.Fay. 42(a), P.Lond. III 1195 descr., TM 10890)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary report of the collectors of money taxes (praktores argyrikon) of the village of Pharbaithos in the Arsinoite nome, addressed to the strategus of the division of Herakleides, listing arrears of taxes in the month Phamenoth. The back deals with the same subject, but is written in a dif...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
168, 200, or 229
Extent:
Papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom and right (front), rubbed in places, with holes and surface damage; written on both sides. The front bears the top of two columns, and the beginnings of the lines from a third column; the annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Fay. On the back, there is one column, mutilated at the bottom and right, written against the fibres. The blank space on the left is ample. A modern annotation is visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

913. Papyrus 1427

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1427
Title:
Tax Accounts from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1442, TM 39757-39763)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus roll containing several tax accounts. Recto: Lines 1-22 (A) (TM 39757): Account of requisitions for naval purposes, arranged by place. Lines 23-30 (B, left column) (TM 39758): Shorter account of similar nature, dated in in the 8th indiction. Lines 31-40 (C, right column) (TM 39759): ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 8th century
Extent:

One large fragment and several smaller ones from a papyrus roll; written on both sides across the fibres, with the exception of a few lines on the back that run along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

914. Papyrus 2760(B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2760(B)
Title:
Account from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1960, TM 1523)
Scope & Content:
Portions of an account of gold and silver plate, handed over at Philadelphia by Bannaeus, cupbearer of Apollonius (finance minister), and Metrodorus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 April 256 BC
Extent:
Twelve fragments of a dark-brown papyrus roll, in poor condition, written on both sides. The front preserves portions of three columns running along the fibres; in addition, there are two unplaced fragments, numbered 1 and 2. The back is mostly blank, with the exception of a few traces from the end of a word, written along the fibres. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

915. Papyrus 3001

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3001
Title:
Fragment of a Petition to the King (P.Hib. II 237, TM 5197)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary petition to the king from a certain Philippus (Cyrenaeus?) concerning a dispute over inheritance and containing the request to involve the strategus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
246-221 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet with four detached scraps, extracted from mummy cartonnage, worm-eaten and with surface damage; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears parts of 7 lines. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

916. Papyrus 3002

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3002
Title:
Fragment of a Petition to the King (P.Hib. II 238, TM 5198)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary petition to the king with the request to summon Heracleides, a police officer, concerning a false registration of sheep.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
246-221 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet with detached scrap, extracted from mummy cartonnage, worm-eaten and abraded; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears parts of 11 lines; on the back there are traces of plaster. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

917. Papyrus 3043

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3043
Title:
Tax Register and Euripides, Telephus (P.Oxy. XXVII 2460, TM 59801, LDAB 905)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a papyrus roll, bearing a tax register on the front, with columns numbered at the top (unpublished); the back was reused to host Euripides’s Telephus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 1st century
Extent:
Fifty-one fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, numbered 1-51 in the frame; with writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front, and across them on the back. Letter height is 4 mm on average, interlinear space 5 mm; the upper margin survives to 2 mm (fragment 6) and the lower to 59 mm (fragment 15). The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

918. Papyrus 3049

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3049
Title:
Sesonchosis Novel (P.Oxy. XXVII 2466, TM 64093, LDAB 5311, MP3 2619.1)
Scope & Content:
A piece from the novel about the legendary pharaoh Sesonchosis, an ideal king and world conqueror, recounting some warfare between the Egyptians and the Arabs, the latter being disastrously defeated. A small fraction of survivors able to flee consisted of the contingent of Webelis, an Arabian le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Six joining papyrus fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and preserving 28 lines from a bottom of a column; broken at the top, the lower margin being 4.5 cm and the side margins surviving to 2 cm. The average number of letters per line is 24. Traces of adjoining columns can be seen at either side. Another fragment from the same roll is P.Oxy. LXXXI 5262 (Sackler Library, inv. no. 102/24(a)), which preserves 13 lines written by the same hand. Debated whether also P.Oxy. XLVII 3319 belongs to the same roll. Damaged by wormholes throughout; housed in one glass case.

919. Papyrus 599(A-G)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 599(A-G)
Title:
Miscellaneous Ptolemaic Texts (P.Lond. III 599(a-g), TM 7540, 78470)
Scope & Content:
Lower left papyrus (F) (P.Petr. III 84, TM 7540): Order to pay quantities of sesame and castor oil for the temple. A-E, G (TM 78470): Fragments of other Ptolemaic documents, among which are accounts. Unpublished.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Seven fragments of varying size extracted from mummy cartonnage, mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Upper left papyrus (A): Upper left portion of a light-brown papyrus sheet; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears the beginnings of 11 lines, with a small trace of another line at the bottom; the back is blank.

Second papyrus at the top (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom, with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 4 lines, with traces of another line at the top; the back is blank.

Third papyrus from the left (C): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the bottom; with plaster residue in a few places; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 10 lines, with traces of another line at the top; the back is blank.

Fourth papyrus from the left (D): Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 5 lines, with a trace of on another line at the top. The back is blank.

Upper right papyrus (E): Strip of a light-brown papyrus sheet; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears a few letters from 8 lines, the back is blank.

Lower left papyrus (F): Square-shaped light-brown papyrus sheet, with some damage; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 6 lines; a sheet-join runs along the left edge. The back is blank.

Lower right papyrus (G): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, with some damage; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears 4 lines, with further writing at the bottom left. The back is blank.

920. Papyrus 694

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 694
Title:
Comedy (P.Grenf. II 8(b), TM 65750, LDAB 7004, MP3 1661)
Scope & Content:
Two fragments from a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, containing portions of an unknown comic play. The attribution of the text to Philemon has been debated, as well as the suggestion that it may belong to Papyrus 1823 (see Körte, ‘Literarische Texte’ (1941)).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Two fragments from a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, covered with plaster residue in places; written on one side along the fibres and preserving the tops of two columns written along the fibres. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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